SIXTH  ANNUAL  REPORT 


OF  THE 


SECRETAEIES  OF  THE  CLASS  OF  70, 

ACADEMICAL  AND  SCIENTIFIC  DEPARTMENTS, 

DARTMOUTH  COLLEGE. 


ACADEMICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

Concord,  N.  H.,  Jan.  i,  1884. 

Classmates  ;  Your  Secretary  herewith  submits  his  sixth 
annual  report : 

Andrews.  “  In  reply  to  your  annual  postal,  I  have  to  say 
that  on  the  23d  of  May  last,  I  married  the  only  child  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Horatio  Reed,  of  West  Fifty  Fifth  St.,  New  York.  I  am 
still  in  the  employ  of  Uncle  Sam,  my  precise  title  being  ‘Assist¬ 
ant  Chief  of  the  Index  Room  of  the  Endorsement  Sub-division  ’ 
of  the  Record  and  Pension  Division  of  the  Surgeon  General’s 
Office  of  the  War  Department.  I  have  done  a  little  writing  at 
odd  times  during  the  year,  principally  for  the  Washington  Re¬ 
publican  and  Capital^  the  Saratoga  Register  and  the  American 
Queen  and  Hotel  Mail  of  New  York.  I  am  also  filling  a  years’ 
engagement  as  tenor  in  the  choir  of  the  Church  of  the  Ascen-  • 
sion.  It  is  my  intention  to  visit  Hanover  next  June,  accompa¬ 
nied  by  my  better  half.”  Address,  Arlington  Hotel,  Washington, 

D.  C. 

Blaisdell.  “  I  am  practicing  medicine  in  this  town,  with 
good  success.  Was  married  April  5,  1883,  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Lee 
of  this  place.  We  have  a  pleasant  home  and  would  be  pleased 
to  see  any  of  our  friends  at  any  time.  I  intend  to  be  at  the  class 
meeting  next  June  if  I  can  get  away.”  Address,  Manchester, 
Mass. 


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Bouton.  “  My  report  is  substantially  the  same  as  last  year. 
I  am  in  the  same  place,  in  the  same  employment  as  then — pastor 
of  the  Congregationalist  church  in  this  place.  I  enjoy  my  work 
as  well  as  my  recreation  with  the  gun  with  which  I  am  still  in 
close  companionship.  I  can  make  no  report  of  children,  for  I 
have  none.”  Address,  Dunbarton,  N.  H. 

Browne.  “  I  came  to  Boston  from  Manchester,  N.  H., 
Oct.  I,  and  entered  the  Boston  University  School  of  Law.  I 
intend  to  remain  here  until  the  end  of  the  school  year  in  June 
1884.  I  shall  then  have  given  three  years  to  the  study  of  law. 
My  plans  except  for  the  immediate  future  as  indicated  above,  are 
uncertain.”  Address,  8  Allston  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Burnham.  “I  am  still  at  No.  i.  Barrister’s  Hall,  and  am 
meeting  with  very  fair  success  ;  on  that  score  I  can  find  no  fault. 
I  was  married  on  Feb.  18,  last,  to  Miss  Emma  A.  Bolster  of 
Boston,  Mass.  As  yet  no  children,  for  which  I  am  truly  thank¬ 
ful.  It  is  impossible  for  me  to  say  whether  I  can  attend  the 
class  meeting  or  not.  I  want  to  do  so.”  Address,  Lowell, 
Mass. 

Burleigh  writes  that  he  has  been  very  prosperous  during 
the  past  year.  “  My  health  has  been  so  far  restored  that  I  have 
had  to  give  little  thought  to  it.  I  went  North  in  June  and  re¬ 
turned  in  September,  having  passed  a  very  pleasant  summer. 
Just  at  present  I  am  trying  to  make  a  start  in  orange  packing 
and  shipping.  I  buy  oranges  on  the  trees  and  pick,  box  and 
ship  them  to  northern  and  western  dealers.  I  can  furnish  all 
sizes,  from  96  to  225  in  a  box,  as  sweet  and  nice  as  there  are 
anywhere.  Should  be  pleased  to  furnish  juicy  oranges  to  any 
.  members  of  ’78  at  reduced  rates,  cash  in  advance.  I  expect  to 
go  North  again  next  summer,  and  shall  try  to  be  present  at  the 
re-union,  but  may  not  get  away  from  here  in  season.”  Address, 
Orlando,  Fla. 

Carpenter  is  still  practicing  law  as  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Drew  &  Carpenter  at  Marshall,  Minn.  “  Am  not  married  and 
have  no  misdeeds  to  report.  Shall  not  be  able  to  attend  the 
class  meeting  next  June.”  Address,  Marshall,  Minn. 

Caverly  is  a  physician.  “  My  report  is  only  that  I  have 

been  engaged  in  active  professional  life  nearly  one  year.  My 


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experiences  are  I  suppose  somewhat  similar  to  those  of  a  large 
majority  of  young  men  who  are  beginning.  Sometimes  it  has 
been  discouraging,  but  I  have  had  sufficient  business  to  keep  my 
stock  of  patience  from  running  out.  I  have  just  received  notice’ 
of  my  election  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Visitors  to  the 
Mary  Fletcher  Hospital  in  Burlington,  Vt.  Address,  Rutland, 
Vt.” 

Chadwick.  “The  business  of  our  firm  (Chadwick  &  Isley) 
is  or  seems  to  be  steadily  increasing.  We  have  a  very  nice  office 
practice  and  have  been  very  successful  in  our  litigated  cases  of 
which  we  have  six  up  for  trial  next  term.  I  must  say  that  com¬ 
paring  the  Indiana  practice  with  that  of  other  states  as  well  as  I 
can  from  my  reading.  I  prefer  ours  to  that  of  most  of  the  others. 
Indiana  has  a  great  future  before  her.  She  will  go  Republican 
by  10,000  in  1884.  (These  last  two  remarks  seem  rather  contra¬ 
dictory  and  are  respectfully  referred  to  Pete  Stone. — Sec’y.)  I 
shall  not  be  able  to  meet  the  class  at  Dartmouth  next  Com¬ 
mencement  unless  there  are  unexpected  developements  before 
that  time.”  Address,  Shelbyville,  Ind. 

Cohen.  “  Nothing  new  to  report — still  out  here  taking  care 
of  myself.  Insert  my  last  year’s  report  and  you  have  all  that  is 
necessary  for  this.”  Address,  Colorado  Springs,  Col. 

Dana.  “  Have  continued  in  the  law  office  of  Bristow,  Peet 
&  Opdyke  20  Nassau  St.  Was  admitted  to  the  bar  on  examina¬ 
tion  in  May  last.  Am  unwed  unloving  and  unloved.  Am  not 
likely  to  be  at  Hanover  next  Commencenient.”  Address  as 
above  or  66,  W.  46th  St.,  New  York  City. 

Darling.  “  I  remain  first  assistant  in  Grammar  School  18 
in  the  19th  Ward  in  this  city.  From  present  prospects  there 
seems  to  be  but  little  doubt  that  I  shall  be  vice-principal  in  the 
same  school  next  fall  when  the  new  school  building  is  complet¬ 
ed.  The  salary  will  then  be  $2000  and  possibly  be  increased  to 
$2500  during  the  year.  This  fall  I  entered  the  law  department 
of  Columbia  College  as  a  member  of  the  Junior  class.  I  shall 
probably  teach  two  or  three  years  longer  while  studying  law. 
The  past  summej:  I  took  an  extended  trip  through  New  England 
to  Montreal.  Up  to  the  present  time  I  have  no  wife,  no  children 
— by  the  latest  returns.  I  am  perfectly  willing  to  remain  m  statu 


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quo  until  present  negotiations  are  more  fully  developed.  I  shall 
be  unable  to  be  present  at  the  reunion.”  Address,  120  E.  26th, 
New  York  City. 

Dewey.  “I  am  practicing’law  in  Boston,  Mass.  After  two 
years  spent  in  the  office  of  Hon.  A.  A.  Ranney  I  left  last  June 
and  took  an  office  for  myself.  There  has  been  no  special  change 
in  my  condition  since  the  last  report.  I  hope  to  be  at  the  next 
class  meeting.”  Address,  23  Court  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Dexter  is  in  Minneapolis  Minn.,  engaged  in  law  and  real 
estate  dealing.  He  is  married.  It  is  three  years  since  he  has 
made  any  report. 

Edson.  “I  continue  as  principal  of  the  State  Normal 
School  at  this  place  but  am  in  some  doubt  in  regard  to  my  plans 
for  the  future  as  I  have  a  longing  to  take  up  with  Horace  Gree¬ 
ley’s  advice.  I  hope  to  be  at  the  class  re-union.”  Address, 
Randolph,  Vt. 

Ewing.  ^‘My  affairs  keep  the  ‘even  tenor  of  their  way’ 
my  time  being  occupied  principally  with  work  relative  to  eye 
and  ear  specialties.  I  am  likely  to  remain  in  this  office  for  at 
least  two  years  after  the  coming  March.  Everything  goes  well 
with  me — could  not  wish  for  better  success  than  I  meet  with.  I 
shall  be  unable  to  be  at  the  class  meeting.”  Address,  2670 
Washington  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Field  sends  the  following  voluminnus  report.  “  I  am  at 
work  for  the  law  firm  of  O’Brien  &  Emerson.  Mr.  O’Brien  is 
the  Attorney  General  elect  of  the  state.”  Address,  VVffitertown, 

N.  Y. 

Fox.  “  Doctor”  did  not  come  to  time  with  his  report.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  last  N.  H.  Legislature  and  served  with  dis¬ 
tinction  on  the  Committee  on  Asylum  for  Insane.  During  the 
Senatorial  contest  he  was  one  of  Ex-Senator  Patterson’s  most 
trusted  lieutenants.  He  is  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors 
of  Elections  for  the  town  of  Jaffrey  and  as  he  has  not  changed  his 
politics  it  is  safe  to  presume  that  the  interests  of  the  Republican 
party  in  that  town  are  well  looked  after.  Ike  says,  “Fox’s baby 
is  a  girl,  born  October  6,  1883,  named  Belle  Woodbury  Fox. 
All  I  know  of  him  is  that  he  is  still  farming  in  Jaffrey,  and  last 
summer  raised  the  largest  radish  ever  grown  in  the  State  of  New 


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Hampshire.  The  radish  gained  him  many  friends  at  Concord 
and  made  him  very  solid  with  his  granger  constituents  in  Che¬ 
shire  County.  He  has  also  discovered  economy  in  raising  corn. 
He  plants  large  quantities  of  pop-corn,  and  when  it  is  green, 
picks  it  for  sweet  corn  and  lets  the  rest  of  it  grow  for  pop-corn 
for  the  coming  winter.  In  that  way  he  makes  his  corn  crop  keep 
the  family  the  year  through.” 

George  is  holding  down  a  chair  (borrowed)  in  a  law  office 
in  Concord,  N.  H.  In  the  early  part  of  last  spring  he  made  a 
trip  through  the  North-west  of  about  five  weeks  visiting  Chicago, 
St.  Paul  and  vicinity  and  going  over  the  line  of  the  Northern  Pa¬ 
cific  R.  R.  as  far  as  Bismark,  Dak.  Was  much  pleased  with  the 
country  but  did  not  decide  to  locate  at  present,  as  thepoorhouses 
are  better  in  New  England.  He  has  studiously  declined  all  hon¬ 
ors,  including  that  of  Color  Sergeant  in  the  N.  H.  National 
Guard,  where  the  chief  duties  were  to  ride  a  horse  and  look 
pretty.  His  experience  iri  Hanover  taught  him  that  horses 
can  not  be  trusted  at  critical  times.  Lost  a  bet  with  Tinkham 
on  the  N.  H.  Senatorial  election  and  spent  the  summer  applaud¬ 
ing  Johnnie  Fox’s  and  Hackett’s  exploits  in  the  Legislature.  In 
matrimonial  matters  he  remains  to  be  balloted  for,  and  as 
the  class  cup  is  gone  he  is  in  favor  of  a  gold  medal  to 
the  last  man  married.  Will  see  you  later  at  Hanover.  Address, 
205  North  Main  St.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Gilbert.  I  am  indebted  to  Caverly  for  the  following : — 
“Gilbert  graduated  at  Union  Theological  Seminary  in  New 
York  last  May  and  received  a  fellowship  which  entitled  him  to 
two  years  further  study  in  Germany.  He  sailed  early  in  July 
from  Quebec  and  is  now  in  his  own  language  ‘  studying  the  Sem¬ 
itic  languages — chiefly  Hebrew,  Syriac  and  Arabic.’  ”  His  ad¬ 
dress  is  Turnerstrasse  12  Leipzig  Germany. 

Gove.  “I  sold  out  my  office  in  Rico,  Col.,  in  November 
1883  and  returned  with  my  wife  to  Illinois.  We  were  enjoying 
ourselves  in  a  fitting  manner  during  the  holidays  when  we  were 
Urged  to  fill  a  vacancy  at  Paxton,  Ill.  I  to  superintend  the  pub¬ 
lic  schools  and  teach  the  High  School  and  my  wife  to  take 
charge  of  music  and  we  have  decided  to  do  so  for  the  rest  of  the 
year.”  Address,  Paxton,  Ill. 


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Gray.  “  I  have  not  much  of  a  report  to  make.  The  term 
of  office  to  which  I  was  elected  does  not  expire  until  Jan.  1885, 
therefore  I  remain  in  my  old  position  of  Supt.  of  Schools  for 
Coffey  County.  Harry  Matt.  Gray  put  in  an  appearance  on  the 
8th  day  of  last  April.”  Address  Burlington,  Kansas. 

Gregg.  “  I  am  still  practicing  law  here  and  am  still  Com¬ 
missioner  of  the  Court.  I  can  not  be  present  at  the  re-union.” 
Address,  Tucson,  Arizona. 

Harlow.  “  I  am  working  in  my  brother’s  office,  and  call 
myself  a  civil  engineer,  and  such  I  intend  to  remain.  My  life 
has  passed  smoothly  and  uneventfully  during  the  year.  I  am 
not  married  and  have  no  prospects.  I  mean  to  be  present  at  the 
class  meeting  if  business  permits.”  Address,  81  Wood  St.,  Pitts¬ 
burg,  Pa. 

Henry.  “  I  was  married  about  a  year  ago  in  Illinois,  since 
which  time  I  have  resided  in  Joplin,  Mo.,  engaged  in  the  drug 
business.  Do  not  intend  to  attend  the  class  meeting  in  June.” 
Address,  Joplin,  Mo. 

Hotaling.  “  My  report  for  last  year  will  do  for  this.  I  am 
teaching,  have  no  children  and  am  still  married.  I  do  not  expect 
to  be  at  the  meeting  next  June,  but  presume  I  shall  be  holding 
down  my  claim  in  Dakota  at  that  interesting  time.”  Address, 
Moorehead,  Minn. 

Hubbell.  “My  business  is  the  same  as  previously  report¬ 
ed.  Deputy  Circuit  Clerk  and  Recorder  for  Bureau,  Illinois.  I 
am  still  unmarried.  I  like  the  West  as  much  as  ever,  and  shall 
probably  always  make  it  my  home.  I  have  great  confidence  in 
the  future  of  Nebraska,  and  have  invested  in  1120  acres  of  land 
in  that  State  for  a  venture.  I  attended  the  banquet  of  the  Dart¬ 
mouth  Alumni  Association  at  the  Sherman  House,  Chicago,  last 
January  and  had  a  most  enjoyable  time.  Ray  and  myself  repre¬ 
sented  ’78,  and  spent  most  of  the  night  after  the  banquet  had 
concluded  in  talking  over  old  times.  I  also  took  a  trip  East  the 
past  summer,  and  enjoyed  good  visits  with  several  classmates.  I 
do  not  expect  to  be  present  at  the  class  re-union  next  June.” 
Address,  Princeton,  Ill. 

Johnson.  “  Since  my  last  report,  which  I  believe  was  three 
years  ago,  I  have  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine. 


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Have  been  in  Northfield,  Vt.,  since  April,  1883.  Was  married 
May  25,  188 1,  to  Miss  Minnie  E.  Gregg,  (sister  of  Gregg,  ’78). 
No  children.  I  intend  to  be  present  at  the  class  meeting  next 
June.”  Address,  Northfield,  Vt. 

Kenaston  “I  have  now  been  Supt.  of  the  Public  Schools 
of  this  city  for  three  years.  My  work  has  been  attended  with 
success  and  a  good  salar}^  1  have  given  public  readings  and 
addresses,  written  on  various  topics,  educational,  and  otherwise, 
one  paper  which  appeared  on  Education,  paying  me  $25.00.  I  am 
greatly  attached  to  Indiana  in  all  its  interests,  and  shall  be  most 
glad  to  assist  any  of  ’78  in  getting  a  foothold  in  some  of  its 
greatly  promising  avenues  of  work.”  Address,  Attica,  Ind. 

Ladd.  “  My  omission  to  report  during  the  past  three  years 
was  entirely  unintentional  and  a  matter  of  regret  to  myself.  I 
married  Miss  Ella  Burt,  of  Chicopee,  Mass.,  and  we  have  two 
children,  one  Arthur  W.  born  March  2.  1881,  and  the  other, 
John  S.,  born  Nov.  29,  1882.  Graduated  from  Columbia  Law 
School  in  May,  1881,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  a  few  weeks 
later.  Afterwards  taught  a  school  one  year  in  New  York  City, 
and  then  began  the  practice  of  law  in  the  same  place.  1  am 
working  up  a  law  practice,  but  am  as  yet  far  from  the  heights  of 
my  ambition,  though  sure  of  good  success  ultimately.  Quite 
large  family  expenses  have  made  progress  slow.  I  would  like 
very  much  to  be  with  the  class  next  June,  but  hardly  expect  to 
be  able  to  do  so.”  Address,  206  Broadway,  or  196  E  94th  St., 
New  York  City. 

Lane.  “  I  am  still  enjoying  the  sweet  comforts  of  single 
blessedness,  without  any  very  serious  prospects  of  changing  this 
state  at  present.  I  am  teaching  in  Cushing  Academy,  giving  in¬ 
struction  in  Mathematics  and, German.  Shall  try  to  be  present 
at  the  re-union.”  Address,  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

Meader.  “I  still  remain  in  Warren,  R.  I.,  as  principal  of 
the  High  School.  Am  married  and  have  one  son,  William  Gran¬ 
ville,  born  March  17,  1883.  I  shall  try  to  be  at  the  class  meet¬ 
ing  next  June.”  Address,  Warren,  R.  I. 

Montgomery.  “  I  am  still  in  this  city  in  a  state  of  felicity 
and  as  a  supervising  principal  of  public  schools.  I  congratulate 
myself  on  the  possession  of  a  wife,  the  title  to  which  was  given 


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Aug.  9,  1883.  The  lady  was  Miss  E.  Rosa  Wilder,  daughter  of 
the  postmaster  at  Columbia,  S.  C.  It  is  doubtful  about  my  be¬ 
ing  present  next  June.”  Address,  1912,  nth  St.  N.  W.,  Wash¬ 
ington,  D.  C. 

Moses  is  said  to  be  farming  at  Northwood,  N.  H.  He 
would  not  report. 

Newcomb.  “lam  still  in  the  paper  business.  Our  new 
mill  is  not  yet  completed,  and  I  have  been  occupied  most  of  the 
past  year,  with  the  building  of  a  new  paternal  residence.  I  am 
unmarried  with  no  matrimonial  liens  upon  the  future.  I  hope  to 
be  at  the  class^meeting  in  June.”  Address,  Stone  Ridge,  Ulster 
Co.,  N.  Y.  * 

Niles.  “I  am  situated  the  same  as  last  year,  burdened 
somewhat  by  the  cares  attendant  upon  an  ambitious  young  law¬ 
yer  surrounded  by  legal  and  political  duties.  I  am  not  married, 
but  look  with  gratification  upon  the  happiness  of  my  friends, 

especially  that  of  some  of  the  ‘  Commissioners  ’  who  are  mod¬ 
estly  submitting.  When  and  to  which  one  I  am  to  offer  further 
congratulations  I  am  not  informed.  If  I  am  living  I  shall  en¬ 
deavor  to  be  present  at  the  meeting  next  June.”  Address,  Alba¬ 
ny  Savings  Bank  Building,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

Norcross.  “  I  am  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  in 
this  place.  Add  to  your  list  of  ‘  Children  of  ’78  ’  the  name  Ger¬ 
trude  Lillian  Norcross,  born  October  15,  1883,  at  Shirley,  Mass. 
It  is  doubtful  if  I  meet  the  class  in  June.”  Address,  Shirley,  Mass. 

Norton.  “  I  am  still  giving  legal  advice  in  this  place,  and 
have  been  very  busy  during  the  past  year.  Business  is  constant¬ 
ly  growing,  but  I  imagine  there  will  be  rooni  for  it  to  grow  for  a 
long  time  yet.  My  family  consists  of  my  wife  and  little  daughter 
now  about  two  years  old.  I  hope  to  be  at  the  class  meeting  next 
June.”  Address  402  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

O’Neil  failed  to  report.  Last’ year  he  was  teaching  school 
at  North  San  Juan,  Cal. 

C.-Parkhurst.  “  I  am  pastor  of  Garden  St.  M.  E.  Church 
of  this  city,  to  which  I  came  last  spring  from  Washington,  D.  C. 
Am  very  pleasantly  situated,  and  hope  I  am  doing  some  good.  I 
mean  to  look  the  boys  in  the  face  at  the  coming  class  meeting.” 
Address,  Lawrence,  Mass. 


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L.  Parkhurst.  “  I  am  still  at  Winchester,  Mass.,  as  prin¬ 
cipal  of  the  High  School.  My  salary  for  this  year  is  $1700,  an 
increase  of  $100  per  annum  over  last  year.-  There  is  little  inter¬ 
est  connected  with  my  business  that  I  can  report,  save  that  I  feel 
satisfied  with  my  present  position,  that  is,  until  something  better 
appears,  for  it  is  not  by  any  means  certain  that  I  shall  always 
continue  in  my  present  calling.  A  few  years  will  probably  decide 
the  question.  I  fully  intend  to  be  at  the  re-union,  and  hope  to 
meet  a  large  number  of  the  boys.”  Address,  *  Winchester, 
Mass. 

Parkinson.  “  I  am  running  an  office  again.  Am  one  of 
the  City  Justices  here,  but  as  the  other  Justice  gets  all  the  crim¬ 
inal  and  most  of  the  civil  business,  my  tribunal  isn’t  very  profit¬ 
able  to  me.  I  pick  up  what  law  business  I  can  and  accumulate 
about  half  of  what  I  can  borrow.  Hope  all  the  boys  are  doing 
as  well.  Unless  I  can  borrow  faster  than  I  have,  I  can’t  be  at 
Hanover  next  June.  Sorry!”  Address,  Fergus  Falls,  Minn. 

Paul  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  March  last  and  a  few  days 
later,  was  married  to  Miss  Ida  L.  Batchellor  of  Fitzwilliam,  N. 
H.  “  I  am  practicing  law  in  the  same  office  where  I  studied  and 
continue  to  work  on  the  U.  S.  Digest  the  same  as  last  year.  My 
law  practice  is  not  large  or  lucrative  but  I  have  plenty  to  do  in  the 
office  as  there  is  as  much  work  for  me  on  the  Digest  as  I  have  a 
mind  to  do.  Am  also  teaching  in  the  Boston  Evening  High 
School  during  five  months  in  the  year.  Phillip  Batchellor  Paul 
was  born  Dec.  18,  1883.  He  is  a  smart  youngster,  has  a  Paul 
appetite  and  lungs  and  ought  to  thrive.  Is  said  to  look  like  his 
‘old  man’  so  is  called  handsome.”  Address,  Room  50,  209 
Washington  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Perley.  “I  was  admitted  to  the  N.  H.  bar  in  March  1883 
and  began  practice  in  Boston  about  two  months  later,  but  I  have 
an  evening  office  at  Holbrook,  Mass.,  where  I  reside.  I  am  not 
married  and  there  is  no  very  immediate  prospect  of  my  taking 
unto  myself  a  wife  though  the  idea  of  so  doing,  contemplated  for 
some  time  past,  is  by  no  means  abandoned.  Musically  I' am  pri¬ 
me  basso  in  a  church  choir  and  also  in  the  Cecilia  Musical  Soci¬ 
ety  of  Boston.  If  possible  I  shall  attend  the  re-union.”  Address, 
18  State  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 


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Pettibone.  “  Your  note  asking  me  not  to  say  anything  about 
my  sermons,  and  tell  you  all  about  the  ‘  baby  ’  is  just  like  you. 
It’s  in  you  Col.,  you  are  fitted  by  nature  as  no  other  man  in  ’78, 
(not  even  Pete)  for  a  family  man.  I  earnestly  advised  you  last 
year  to  follow  me  in  matrimonial  ways  and  nothing  that  has  hap¬ 
pened  since,  would  in  any  way  change  my  advice.  Not  even  the 
following:  Frank  Andrews  Pettibone  was  born  March  29,  1883. 

‘  The  boy  ’  has  early  taken  a  literary  bent.  His  favorite  book 
is  ‘Peck's  Mechanics.’  The  copy  I  have  is  marked,  ‘J.  B. 
Parker.’  One  Ike  gave  me.  I  have  always  understood  that  Ike 
bought  out  a  ‘  bankrupt  stock.’  Do  you  know  anything  about 
it  Col.  .> 

Speaking  of  babies  makes  me  think  I  saw  ‘  Parson  ’  and 
his  baby  last  summer.  I  was  a  stranger  in  Provincetown.  I  did 
not  know  where  the  ‘  Parson  ’  lived.  What  should  I  do  }  Hap¬ 
py  thought !  I  stepped  into  a  place  where  they  sold  beer.  ‘  Do 
you  know  Walter  Small,’  I  asked.  ‘  O,  yes !  ’  was  the  reply^ 
‘  he  was  in  here  only  a  short  time  ago.’  That  settled  it.  I 
found  the  Parson  and  had  solid  enjoyment  with  him  on  that  and 
a  subsequent  occasion.  Best  wishes  for  ’78.”  Address,  Poquo- 
nock,  Conn. 

Proctor  simply  says.  “I  still  flourish  as  Cashier  of  the 
Franklin  National  Bank  and  have  nothing  of  interest  to  chroni¬ 
cle.”  Address,  Franklin,  N.  H. 

Ray.  I  have  changed  my  residence  from  Waukegan,  Ill.,  to 
Chicago  where  I  am  principal  of  the  Hyde  Park  High  School, 
The  reasons  for  changing  were  larger  salary — $300  advance, 
proximity  to  Chicago,  lessening  of  responsibility — only  a  High 
School  to  manage,  no  connection  with  lower  grades,  pleasanter 
work  in  teaching — give  instruction  in  Latin  and  Greek,  and  last 
but  not  least  a  more  congenial  school  board.  We  are  boarding 
during  the  winter  but  shall  keep  house  again  in  the  spring.  I 
enjoy  my  work  here  very  much  and  am  glad  I  made  the  change.” 
Address,  High  School  50th  St.,  or  2901  53rd  St.,  Chicago,  Ill. 

Rice  simply  writes.  “  My  boy’s  name  is  Ruez  W.  Rice. 
Two  years  old  February  17,  1884.  I  am  farming.  Suffered  a 
$2000  loss  by  fire.  Prospects  otherwise  good.”  Address,  Lyn¬ 
don  Center,  Vt. 


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Rogers  is  said  to  be  at  Troy,  Vt.,  but  he  would  not  reply  to 
any  inquiries. 

Rowell  is  said  to  be  at  Amesbury,  Mass.  He  did  not  re¬ 
port. 

Sanborn  is  practicing  law  in  New  York  City.  He  simply 
remarks.  “  No  births,  marriages,  deaths  or  other  items  of  inter¬ 
est.”  Address,  33  Pine  St.,  New  York  City. 

Sawver.  “  I  am  practicing  law  as  stated  in  last  year’s  report 
and  meet  with  good  success  and  an  increasing  practice.  Upon 
the  subject  of  marriage  1  still  stand  up  to  be  counted  with  the 
conservative  wing  of  the  class.  I  cannot  at  this  time  say  wheth¬ 
er  I  shall  be  present  at  the  class  meeting  next  June  or  not.” 
Address,  53  Merrimack  St.,  Lowell,  Mass. 

Small.  “  I  am  located  in  the  same  place  I  have  filled  for 
the  past  four  years.  I  had  a  chance  to  change  and  go  to  Marl¬ 
boro  at  a  salary  of  $1400  but  my  committee  made  a  bid  equally 
as  good  so  I  remained.  In  family  matters  I  have  but  one  wife 
and  one  child.  I  have  never  been  able  to  attend  any  Commence¬ 
ment  because  it  has  always  been  graduation  week  in  my  school 
but  this  year  my  terms  have  been  shortened  so  I  close  a  week 
earlier  and  I  shall  do  my  best  to  be  in  Hanover  at  the  re-union. 
I  spent  one  afternoon  with  ‘  Bones  ’  during  the  past  year  and  was 
edified  to  see  him  play  the  ‘  pere  ’  to  a  new  representative  of  the 
old  school.  He  handled  it  as  gingerly  as  he  used  to  handle  a 
Greek  root,  as  if  a  stranger  and  unaccustomed  production.  It 
was  our  first  meeting  since  graduation.”  Address,  Hudson, 
Mass. 

Stebbins.  “  Was  ordained  and  installed  August  29,  1883 
over  the  Evangelical  Congregational  church  at  this  place.  Am 
unmarried  nor  do  I  fear  that  my  onward  march  to  ‘  Bachellor- 
dom  ’  will  be  interrupted  during  the  coming  year.  Should  be 
glad  to  be  in  H.*  next  Commencement  and  shall  try  to  arrange 
matters  so  that  I  may  be  there.”  Address,  Athol  Centre,  Mass. 

Stevens.  “  I  am  still  pursuing  the  even  tenor  of  my  way 
in  the  practice  of  mv  profession.  I  cannot  say  that  I  have  at¬ 
tained  eminence  or  acquired  riches  yet  my  progress  has  been  sat- 


is  supposed  to  refer  to  Hanover — Sec’y. 


SECRETARY'S  REPOR'I 


I  2 

isfactory  and  I  am  better  pleased  with  my  profession  then  ever 
before.  I  am  still  unmarried  and  consequently  cannot  give  you 
any  family  details.  I  may  go  East  next  spring  and  if  so  shall  try 
to  be  at  the  class  meeting  in  June.”  Address,  Herman,  Minn. 

SncKNEY.  “  My  report  is  brief.  I  am  still  at  Detroit  in 
the  employ  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society.  During 
the  past  summer  I  have  had  seven  preaching  stations  and  ten 
Sunday  Schools  to  care  for.  I  have  also  the  general  oversight 
of  the  work  along  the  line  of  the  Northern  Pacific  R.  R.  from 
Duluth  to  Fargo — a  distance  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  miles.  I 
do  not  exjDect  to  be  present  in  June.”  Address,  Detroit  City, 
Minn. 

Stimson  writes  from  T’ai  yiian  fu,  Shanse,  China,  Sept.  15, 
1883.  “  Picking  up  Gilbert’s  valedictory  this  morning  reminded 

me  of  the  annual  word  of  information  and  good  cheer  due  the 
class.  To-day  is  an  especially  appropriate  time  to  write  being  a 
Chinese  Feast  Day,  one  of  the  three  duiing  the  year,  and  kind 
salutations  and  formal  hand  shakings  are  the  order  of  the  morning. 
Such  I  give  you  for  the  class.  When  it  reaches  them  it  will  have 
changed  to  a  New  Years  greeting.  Many  happy  returns  of  the 
day!  I  shall  mark  with  interest  the  well-doing  of  each  as  report¬ 
ed  by  you.  As  for  m3^self  I  am  quite  steady;  at  home  most  of 
the  time,  improving  this  language ;  have  made  one  or  two  little 
tours,  but  over  the  same  ground  that  I  traveled  two  years  ago. 
Recently  spent  a  half-month  in  Chich  Hsin  where  I  am  appoint¬ 
ed  to  live,  and  succeeded  in  renting  a  house.  The  principal 
event  of  the  year,  which  added  much  to  the  pleasure  of  the  re¬ 
maining  months,  was  the  birth  of  James  Philip  the  day  before 
the  anniversary  of  our  wedding.  Leonard  Martin  keeps  up  in 
vigor  and  health  to  all  reasonable  expectations. 

Tenney  may  forget  to  write,  so  I  will  indicate  his  where¬ 
abouts.  He  is  now  in  this  city  but  should  you  wish  to  find 
him  so  late  as  January,  seek  his  residence  within  the  South  Gate 
of  T'ai  ku.  The  first  tour  of  the  year  he  was  my  companion,  do¬ 
ing  better  than  I  with  chop  sticks  and  native  soups.  Of  late  he 
is  making  a  desperate  attempt  to  beautify  his  face  with  a  mous¬ 
tache.  It  promises  in  time  to  be  a  success.  Address  both  of  us 
at  Tientsin,  North  China.” 


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His  father  tells  me  that  he  is  over  400  miles  inland  and  his 
mail  is  taken  by  a  carrier  in  a  wheelbarrow  about  300  miles  over 
mountains.  Letters  from  both  him  and  Tenney  are  often  seen 
in  the  Missionary  Herald  and  those  who  have  read  them  say 
that  they  are  very  interesting.  ' 

G.  W.  Stone.  “On  Jan.  i,  1883,  I  entered  into  a  law  part¬ 
nership  with  Hon.  John  M.  Shirley  of  Andover,  N.  H.,  and  since 
that  time  I  have  been  busily  engaged  in  the  active  practice  of  the 
law.  The  name  of  the  firm  is  Shirley  &  Stone.  My  family  re¬ 
lations  are  still  m  statu  quoS  Address,  Andover,  N.  H. 

C.  VV.  Stone  is  still  farming  and  lumbering.  He  is  chair¬ 
man  of  the  Board  of  Selectmen,  and  if  the  same  custom  prevails 
there  is  in  most  N.  H.  towns,  he  will  be  sent  to  the  Legislature 
before  long.  Address,  Andover,  N.  H. 

Sully.  “  I  was  admitted  to  the  N.  Y.  bar  as  attornev  and 
counsellor  two  years  ago,  but  have  never  practiced.  I  remain 
Secretary  of  the  Ohio  Southern  R.  R.  Co.,  and  private  man  of 
business  of  my  cousin,  Alfred  Sully,  who  is  President  of  the 
above  mentioned  R.  R.  Co.,  Vice  President  of  the  Indiana, 
Bloomington  &  Western  R.  R.  Co.,  and  has  large  interest  in  sev¬ 
eral  other  R.  R.  Companies.  I  intend  to  be  present  at  the  class 
meeting.”  Address,  115  Broadway,  N.  Y.  City. 

Tarbell  has  not  been  heard  from  this  year.  Last  year  he 
was  in  the  Medical  Department  of  College  of  the  City  of  New 
York. 

Templeton.  “  I  have  nothing  new  to  report.  I  am  prac¬ 
ticing  law  in  Fargo  with  good  success  and  flattering  prospects. 
Do  not  intend  to  be  present  at  the  class  meeting.”  Address, 
Fargo,  Dakota. 

Tenney.  See  Stimson’s  report. 

Townsend.  “I  am  still  Attorney  at  Law  at  Le  Mars,  la. 
Have  a  daughter,  Ellice  Storrs,  born  August  i,  1883.  Do  not 
intend  to  be  at  the  class  meeting.”  Address,  Le  Mars,  la. 

Tucker.  “  I  have  remained  at  the  head  of  the  Center 
School  with  a  salary  of  $1200,  an  increase  of  $200  over  last  year. 
August  I,  1883, 1  married  Miss  Carrie  M.  Quintard,  of  this  place, 
and  the  following  month  we  travelled  about  New  England,  visit- 


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SEC/^ETA/iV\S  REPORT 


ing  the  White  Mountains  and  other  places  of  resort.  My  hon¬ 
ors  are  few,  being  Asst.  Supt.  of  the  Congregational  Sunday 
School,  and  Pres,  of  the  Norwalk  Literary  Society.  I  am  uncer¬ 
tain  about  my  attendance  at  the  re-union  in  June.”  Address, 
Norwalk,  Conn. 

ViTTUM.  “I  remained  in  New  Haven  last  spring  studying 
and  teaching  as  reported  last  year.  In  May  I  went  West  to 
North-western  Dakota,  where  I  remained  six  months,  preaching 
and  seeing  the  country.  I  have  had  several  opportunities  to 
make  myself  permanently  useful  as  a  teacher  or  pastor,  but 
thought  best  to  return  to  New  Haven  for  the  present  winter  at 
least,  so  here  I  am,  studying  during  the  week  and  supplying  a 
church  on  Sunday’s.  In  reply  to  inquiries,  I  beg  leave  to  state 
that  I  have  neither  wife,  child,  home,  money,  not  even  definite 
plans  for  the  future.  I  hope  to  be  present  at  the  re-union.” 
Address,  27,  E.  D.  H.,  New  Haven,  Conn.  • 

Weymouth.  “  I  have  been  located  here  six  months.  I  like 
very  much,  and  business  is  slowly  but  steadily  increasing.  After 
leaving  New  York  last  spring  I  wandered  about  the  country  to 
find  a  location,  and  finally  concluded  to  come  here.  I  am  not 
married  yet,  and  there  are  no  indications  of  it.”  Address,  La¬ 
conia,  N.  H. 

White.  “  Since  the  sale  of  Wm.  Ware  &  Co.’s  educational  • 
publications  to  J.  H.  Butler  of  Philadelphia,  I  have  been  General 
Manager  for  New  England  for  the  latter  house.  This  of  course 
brings  added  responsibility  but  as  the  salary  has  increased  pro¬ 
portionately,  I  can  afford  to  be  satisfied  and  put  in  a  little  more 
work.  You  can  report  the  arrival  Oct  ii,  1883,  of  a  third  mem¬ 
ber  into  my  family,  Helen  Winship,  who  though  diminutive  in 
size  at  present  we  expect  to  hear  from  later  as  a  candidate  for 
Vassar.  My  address  is  as  formerly,  47  Franklin  St.,  Boston, 
Mass.” 

Whitney  says  his  report  is  materially  the  same  as  that  of 
last  year.  A  slight  addition  can  be  made  however  the  details  of 
which  as  given  by  the  Rochester  paper  is  as  follows  :  “  Dr.  F.  E. 
Whitney  and  Miss  Grace  Chase  were  married  Monday  afternoon, 
at  the  residence  of  the  bride’s  father,  C.  K.  Chase,  Esq.,  by  Re\\ 
H,  S.  Kimball.  Immediately  after  the  ceremony  they  started  on 


CLASS  OF  SE  VEA'TY-EIGIIT. 


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their  bridal  trip,  by  way  of  the  Worcester,  Nashua  &  Rochester 
road.  They  will  visit  Boston  and  other  places,  returning  home 
in  about  ten  days.  They  intend  to  board  at  the  Mansion  House 
this  winter.  Miss  Chase  was  one  of  our  most  beautiful  young 
ladies,  a  handsome  brunette,  while  the  doctor  is  one  of  our 
‘steady  as  a  clock/  young  men,  as  true  as  steel.  Long  may 
they  live,  with  a  life  full  to  the  brim  of  unalloyed  happiness.”  He 
does  not  expect  to  be  present  at  the  class  meeting.  Address, 
Rochester,  N.  H. 

Wood.  “I  have  nothing  in  particular  to  relate.  Last  sum¬ 
mer  I  was  working  as  a  missionary  in  northern  Missouri  and  am 
now  taking  Senior  year  in  Union  Theo.  Seminary.  Have  made 
no  ‘proposals’  for  any  ‘contract’  so  am  able  to  say  No  to 
most  of  your  inquiries.  I  am  not  at  all  certain  about  being  in 
Hanover  at  Commencement  time.”  Address,  3  Winthrop  PIace‘ 
New  York  City. 

Young  went  west  last  May  and  is  said  to  be  practicing  law 
at  Lincoln,  Neb.  He  did  not  report.  Address  in  care  of  A.  J. 
Sawyer,  Lincoln,  Neb. 


NON-GRADUATES. 


Blakie  did  not  report. 

Bradt.  “  I  am  interested  in  a  company  that  makes  the  best 
blotters  and  blackboard  erasers  in  the  world — the  Coughlin  by 
name.  I  am  also  dipping  into  telephone  stocks  somewhat  and 
think  we  have  a  mighty  fine  thing  in  the  company  of  which  I  am 
the  Secretary.  It  has  a  capital  of  only  $60,000  with  a  list  of 
two  hundred  and  sixty  subscribers  and  a  prospect  of  doubling 
next  year.  I  am  married  and  as  yet  have  no  children.  I  man- 
age  to  get  a  few  dollars  in  my  professional  work — a  physician’s 
— and  am  fat,  hale  and  hearty.  I  shall  not  be  able  to  be  pres¬ 
ent  at  the  class  meeting.”  Address,  33  Central  St.,  Lowell, 
Mass. 


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Chapman  writes  from  Paris  ;  “  I  have  been  in  Europe  since 
August,  and  shall  spend  the  winter  in  Italy.  I  have  no  business 
but  am  enjoying  life  roaming  about  the  continent  with  a  New 
York  family,  cousins  of  mine.  My  health  is  very  much  improv¬ 
ed  and  I  have  the  assurance  of  my  physician  that  I  shall  soon 
be  all  right.”  Address,  Woodstock,  Vt. 

CuDWORTH.  “  My  time  has  been  spent  in  the  work  of  my 
profession — law,  and  I  am  pleased  to  say  my  business  is  steadily 
increasing  and  the  outlook  indicates  a  continuance  of  such  in* 
crease.  I  keep  a  welcome  ready  for  any  of  the  boys  who  may 
come  this  way.”  Address  So.  Londonderry,  Vt. 

Farnsworth.  “  I  remain  book  keeper  for  Briggs  Bros., 
(Woolen  Manufacturers)  and  last  year's  report  will  do  for  this.” 
Address,  Briggsville,  Mass. 

Hackett.  “  I  retired  from  the  Belknap  Tocsin  last  March. 
We  had  a  fire  in  our  office  in  Janurary  which  left  things  in  a  bad 
condition, and  as  my  brother  who  was  present, was  seriously  injured, 
and  as  my  own  health  would  not  allow  me*  to  be  at  the  office 
much  of  the  time,  we  concluded  to  sell  out.  I  passed  the  spring 
at’home  on  the  farm.  Early  in  June  I  went  to  Concord  to  as¬ 
sume  the  dignity  and  draw  the  pay  of  a  law-maker,  and  remained 
there  until  the  middle  of  September.  Johnny  Fox  and  I,  tried 
hard  to  represent  the  class  worthily,  but  as  Johnny  could  never, 
for  some  reason,  persuade  the  speaker  that  he  was  in  order,  and 
as  my  voice  was  a  grade  between  a  pip  and  a  whisper,  we  labor¬ 
ed  under  some  disadvantages.  However,  the  gentleman  from 
Jaffrey  came  in  gloriously  on  the  home  stretch,  being  appointed 
chairman  of  the  committee  to  wait  upon  His  Excellency  and  in¬ 
form  him  that  the  House  was  ready  to  adjourn,  and  so  frighten¬ 
ing  and  impressing  that  functionary  that  he  did  not  put  in  an 
appearance  at  all,  but  sent  a  message  instead.  We  saw  several 
of  the  boys.  Brown  was  there  the  first  night  of  the  session  in 
the  role  of  lobbyist,  and  his  success  and  diligence  would  seem  to 
suggest  that  there  is  no  need  of  his  getting  left  at  the  next  North- 
wood  election.  Since  adjournment,  I  have  been  undergoing 
further  treatment  of  my  eyes,  which  still  trouble  me  greatly.  I 
am  at  present  connected  with  the  Concord  Monitor^  but,  on  ac¬ 
count  of  ill-health,  am  doing  my  work  at  home.”  While  in  the 


CLASS  OF  SEVFNrV-EIGILT. 


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Legislature  he  served  on  the  Committee  on  Education  and  made 
one  of  the  best  speeches  of  the  session  in  favor  of  the  Town 
Educational  system  which  was  afterwards  published  in  full  in  the 
Concord  Monitor.  In  the  senatorial  fig^ht  he  voted  for  Rollins 
until  that  gentleman  withdrew  when  he  went  to  Chandler  and 
finally  Pike.  During  the  last  few  years  he  has  had  no  less  than 
ten  operations  performed  on  his  eyes  which  still  trouble  him. 
Address,  Belmont,  N.  H. 

Harvey  is  supposed  to  be  at  Burlington,  Kansas,  but  noth¬ 
ing  has  been  heard  from  him  this  year, 

J.  M.  Johnson.  “No  change  in  my  position  in  life  since 
the  last  report.  Still  have  charge  of  the  Fitchburg  R.  R.  station 
here  and  enjoy  the  work  very  much.  Have  made  many  pleasant 
acquaintances  that  increase  my  attachment  for  the  place.  It  is  my 
intention  to  be  at  the  class  meeting.”  Address,  Watertown,  Mass. 

Maxson  did  not  report. 

Sanborn.  “  I  am  doing  a  general  ofiice  business.  Real 
estate,  loaning  and  collection  occupy  my  main  attention.'  Law 
business  alone  is  dull  in  this  country.  I  am  the  owner  of  con. 
siderable  land  operating  two  small  farms  with  about  150  acres 
under  cultivation.  However  as  I  rent  my  land  it  occupies  my 
time  no  further  than  directing  the  work  and  proves  quite  paying. 
My  business  is  easy  and  lucrative,  my  income  runs  about  $3000 
a  year  and  business  is  steady  and  increasing.  I  don’t  know'  how 
long  I  may  remain  at  this  point,  but  probably  not  long,  as  I  in¬ 
tend  to  strike  for  a  larger  and  more  pushing  town  soon.  I  shall 
however  locate  in  this  vicinity  as  I  don’t  intend  to  desert  Dako¬ 
ta.”  Address,  Goodwin,  Dakota. 

Shattuck  did  not  report. 

Still  ditto.  Last  year  he  w^as  practicing  medicine  at  Arvo- 
nia,  Kan. 

Welch.  “  I  am  still  Register  of  Probate  for  Strafford  Co.^ 
N.  H.  Secured  an  increase  of  salary  this  year  from  the  Legis- 
lature.  Am  interested  in  politics  and  the  Dover  Public  Library 
of  which  institution  I  am  a  Trustee  and  Secretary  of  the  Board. 
Am  not  married  but  am  on  the  ragged  edge.  Don’t  expect  to 
get  to  class  meeting.”  Address,  Dover,  N.  FI. 

Caldwell,  Dike,  Puterbaugh,  Walker  and  Warren  are  missing. 


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The  Secretary  exceedingly  regrets  that  he  is  obliged  to  issue 
this  report  with  about  a  dozen  graduate  members  either  entirely 
unheard  from,  or  concerning  whom  information  was  only  obtained 
through  other  classmates.  This  state  of  affairs  either  shows  great 
lack  of  interest  in  the  reports,  or  inexcusable  negligence  on  the 
part  of  the  delinquents.  Nearly  all  of  them  have  been  notified 
by  the  Secretary  from  three  to  six  times  apiece.  Perhaps  if  the 
class  should  vote  not  to  send  future  reports  to  those  members  who 
did  not  respond,  it  might  serve  to  refresh  their  memories. 

The  Secretary  wishes  to  impress  on  the  minds  of  those  mem¬ 
bers  who  change  their  places  of  residence  during  the  year  the 
importance  of  immediately  notifying  the  Secretary  of  such 
change.  He  of  course  cannot  tell  what  members  have  changed 
their  abodes  and  the  labor  of  hunting  up  those  who 

“  Fold  their  tents  like  the  Arabs 
And  silently  steal  a\Yay  ” 

is  one  of  the  most  difficult  things  connected  with  the  issuing 
of  these  reports. 

So  far  as  expressed  the  opinion  of  the  class  has  been  unani¬ 
mous  in  favor  of  continuing  the  reports.  In  order  to  do  this  how¬ 
ever,  a  new  tax  must  be  assessed  and  the  amount  which  will  be 
necessary  depends  on  the  length  of  time  the  reports  are  to  be 
continued.  The  average  cost  is  not  far  from  $25  00  per  year. 
These  and  other  matters  will  have  have  to  be  settled  at  the  re¬ 
union  in  June  next,  and  those  members  who  are  unable  to  be 
present  will  be  notified  of  the  decision  of  the  class  by  the  Sec¬ 
retary.  Twenty-three  members  have  signified  their  intention  to 
be  present  at  the  re  union,  twenty-one  do  not  expect  to  come,  and 
the  remainder  were  either  uncertain  or  omitted  to  say  anything 
about  it.  As  the  class  at  the  meeting  in  June  1881  omitted  to 
set  any  definite  time  for  our  reunion  next  June,  I  will  appoint 
Wednesday,  (June  25,)  of  Commencement  Week,  at  6:30  P.  M., 
and  the  Senior  Recitation  Room  as  tlie  time  and  place  of^  com¬ 
ing  together.  There  ought  to  be  a  large  attendance  and  those 
who  come  mav  be  assured  that  thev  will  not  regret  it. 

'  Forty-five  members  (including  non-graduates)^  are  known  to 
be  married.  The  following  corrected  list  shows  the  fatalities  in 
the  ntatrinionial  line  since  graduation : 


CLASS  OF  SEVENTY-EIGHT. 


^9 


1878 —  2  1880 — 4  1882 — II  unknown,  2 

1879 —  4  — ^4  — 7 

Thirty-four  graduate  members  are  still  unmarried  while  thirty- 
seven  have  succumbed  to  the  charms  of  the  other  sex.  To  those 
of  the  class  who  thus  far  have  been  compelled  iiiolens  volens)  to 
live  a  life  of  celibacy  those  touching  lines  of  Longfellow  are  most 
respectfully  referred  : 

“  Let  us  then  be  up  and  wooing 
With  a  heart  for  any  fate. 

Still  proposing,  still  pursuing, 

Learn  to  court  her  and  to  wait.” 

Nineteen  members  have  become  Disciples  of  Soothing  Syrup 
and  Followers  of  Paregoric,  while  twenty-six  babies  rise  up  (gen¬ 
erally  about  I  A.  M.,)  and  call  them  “daddy.”  The  following  is 
believed  to  be  a  complete  a  list  of  all  the  78  “  kids  ”  with  their 
names  and  dates  of  birth,  excepting  the  three  children  of  J.  M. 
Johnson  who  were  not  reported. 


Pearl  Paine  Edson — 

Oct. 

24, 

1879. 

John  Erwin  Chadwick — 

Jan. 

20, 

1880. 

Arthur  W.  Ladd — 

March  2, 

i88t. 

Mabel  Edna  Templeton — 

Dec 

•  3. 

1881. 

- Chadwick* — 

Jan. 

14, 

1882. 

Helen  Wheatley  Edson — 

Feb 

•  L 

1882. 

Martha  Miner  Norton — 

Feb. 

12, 

1882. 

Rutz  W.  Rice — 

Feb. 

17. 

1882. 

Walter  Blaisdell  Small — 

April 

10, 

1882. 

Leonard  Martin  Stimson — 

April 

1882. 

Bertha  Washburn  Stickney — 

Aug. 

26, 

1882. 

John  Sullivan  Ladd — 

Nov. 

29, 

1882. 

William  Granville  Meader — 

Match 

17. 

1883. 

Frank  Andrews  Pettibone — 

March 

29, 

1883. 

Harry  Matt  Gray — 

April  8, 

1883. 

James  Phillip  Stimson — 

J“iy  s. 

1883. 

Ellice  Storrs  Townsend — 

Aug 

1883. 

'Belle  Woodbury  Fox — 

Oct 

:.  6, 

1883. 

Helen  Winship  White — 

Oct. 

iL 

1883. 

Gertrude  Lillian  Norcross — 

Oct. 

PS, 

1883. 

Phillip  Batchellor  Paul — 

Dec. 

18, 

1882. 

♦Not  named  at  the  time  of  his  decease,  July  20,  1882. 


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SECjRETARrS  REPORT 


NON  GRADUATES. 

Clyde  Earle  Cudworth —  Feb.  6,  1881. 

Ina  Sarah  Cudworth —  June  19,  1882. 

P^thel  Ida  Sanborn —  Dec.  1882. 

J.  M.  Johnson  has  two  boys  and  one  girl,  making  the  total 
fifteen  bovs  and  eleven  "iris. 

^  o 

Congratulating  the  members  of  the  class  on  their  uniformly 
bright  prospects  and  hoping  that  they  may  take  pleasure  in  pe¬ 
rusing  this  report,  I  remain 

Your  Secretary, 

JOHN  P.  GEORGE, 

205  North  Main  N/., 

Concord^  N  H. 


Scientific  Department. 


Boston,  January  ii,  1884. 

Classmates: — Your  Secretary  has  the  pleasure  of  present¬ 
ing  his  sixth  annual  report : 

Brown  says  : — “  Have  nothing  special  to  report.  Am  still 
at  work  here  in  the  mill,  for  my  father,  and  expect  to  remain  dur¬ 
ing  the  coming  year.’’  Address,  Penacook,  N.  H. 

Cloud  writes  from  5  East  Forty-fourth  Street,  New  York 
City,  “  I  am  decitledly  in  favor  of  having  the  report  continued 
not  only  for  this  year,  but  for  the  future,  for  it  is  the  only  way 
I  know  anything  about  the  majority  of  the  class  ” — and  says  : — 
“  My  report  this  year  is  essentially  the  same  as  that  of  last  year. 
I  continued  private  tutoring  through  the  school  year  until  June 
8,  then  took  a  little  trip  west  making  stops  in  Indiana,  Illinois, 
Iowa,  Minnesota,  Wisconsin  and  Michigan.  After  spending  several 
weeks  visiting  some  of  the  large  cities,  Minnehaha  Falls,and  flour¬ 
ishing  towns  in  the  northern  part  of  Minnesota,  I  returned  to  Ver¬ 
mont  in  search  of  health  where  I  found  it  in  abundance.  My  trip 


A  thp  last  moment  from  a 
■  BORI.F.IOH.-A  letter  received  at  ^  Burleigh’s 

classmate,  announces  the  an-n  al  1 

«;':‘  xltTst’o^^  children  should  be  correcte 

accordingly 


CLASS  OF  SE  VENTYEIGIIF 


21 


west  was  a  pleasant  one,  and  if  I  were  not  doing  well  here  I  think  I 
should  by  all  means  locate  there  as  soon  as  convenient.  I  look 
back  over  the  past  year  as  having  been  a  very  successful  one,  as  I 
have  saved  above  my  expenses  fifteen  hundred  dollars  good,  and? 
with  the  prospects  I  have  now  in  view,  I  think  I  can  save,  the 
coming  year,  two  thousand  easily.  My  intention  now  is  to  con¬ 
tinue  teaching  until  something  better  comes  up,  or,  until  I  have 
sufficient  means  to  go  into  business.  As  for  my  matrimonial 
prospects  I  am  at  present  rather  reticent,  but,  I  have  in  view  a 
summer  resort  where  I  am  in  hopes  to  spend  my  summer  vaca¬ 
tions  not  far  distant  in  the  future.  I  will  enclose  one  dollar  the 
surplus  of  which  can  go  to  pay  for  those  who  neglect  to  remit.” 

Enright  says: — “I  am  Junior  member  of  the  firm  of  Davis 
&  Enright.  We  do  a  large  and  lucrative  business,  and  have  two 
offices.  I  reside  at  Windsor;  health  good;  and  fat,  but  always 
sober,  as  I  was  at  Elanover.  We  had  an  arrival  at  our  house 
last  summer  of  a  daughter  which  bids  fair  to  make  herself  known 
among  the  neighbors.”  Address,  Windsor,  Vt. 

Fowler  dates  his  letter  207  A.  St.,  N.  E.,  Washington,  D. 
C.,  Dec.  27,  1883.  He  says  : — “Your  letter  finds  me  about  the 
same  as  a  year  ago,  working  in  the  United  States  Coast  and  Ge¬ 
odetic  Survey  Office  as  a  Typographical  Draughtsman,  and  illus¬ 
trating  several  reports  and  papers  as  outside  work.  My  report 
last  year  stated  that  I  was  married  and  that  is  true  this  year,  with 
as  happy  a  home  as  there  possibly  could  be.  All  my  classmates 
will  be  welcomed  with  open  doors,  and  I  hope  to  have  the  plea¬ 
sure  of  entertaining  many  of  them. 
********* 

Inclosed  you  will  find  fifty  cents  to  aid  in  securing  your  re¬ 
port. 

********* 

“  P.  S.— By  the  way  I  am  still  greatly  devoted  to  the  bicycle, 
and  we  have  one  of  the  finest  clubs  in  the  country,  with  sixty 
active  men,  a  full  list,  and  our  receptions  are  among  the  social 
events  of  the  year.” 

Freley  : — “  In  regard  to  the  report,  I  am  sorry  to  hear  that 
this  next  will  probably  be  the  last  for  some  time  to  come. 
It  seems  to  be  about  the  only  tie  that  binds  the  class  together, 


22 


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and  it  is  a  pity  that  this  should  be  severed.  I  look  forward  to  the 
reports  with  much  interest  and  I  for  one  would  be  glad  to  bear 
my  share  in  sustaining  them.  As  for  me,  I  have  nothing  new  to 
tell  this  year.  I  am  here  in  Dickinson  .Seminary  teaching  the 
Natural  Sciences.  This  is  my  fourth  year  here  and  1  am  having 
as  good  success  as  I  could  expect.  Our  Seminary  is  of  quite 
high  grade,  many  of  my  classes  using  college  text-books.  We  do 
very  little  by  way  of  preparing  for  college;  most  of  our  students 
pursue  the  regular  graduating  course.  Last  June  I  attended  the 
examinations  and  Commencement  of  Wesleyan  University  as  a 
member  of  the  Examining  Committee.  I  also  visited  Niagara 
Falls  and  Watkins  Glenn.  My  best  wishes  to  all  the  boys.” 
Address  at  Dickinson  .Seminary,  Williamsport,  Pa. 

Gerould  writes  from  North  Attleboro’,  Mass.,  Dec.  17, 
1883: — “What  can  I  tell  the  boys?  About  myself  very  little. 
I  am  still  a  bachelor,  with  the  chances  of  my  continuing  so  very 
much  in  my  favor.  My  work  seems  to  agree  with  me,  or  at  least 
I  do  not  pine  under  my  manifold  cares,  as  I  weigh  a  little  over 
200  lbs.  Business  is  very  good  indeed,  and  leaves  me  little  time 
for  sucking  my  claws. 

“  I  think  myself  very  fortunate  in  the  field  selected  for  my 
work.  1  like  it  better  and  better  day  by  day,  but  a  physician’s 
master  is  a  hard  one;  one  has  to  be  in  harness  all  the  time. 

“  I  think  of  ‘  Old  Dartmouth  ’  and  ’78  with  much  pleasure, 
and  I  shall  try  and  be  in  Hanover  at  the  next  Commencement. 
With  best  wishes  to  the  class  of  ’78,  I  remain,  one  of  them,  J.  B. 
Gerould.” 

Hutchinson  says  : — “  I  am  still  at  209  Washington  St.  prac¬ 
ticing  law.  The  last  year  has  been  very  successful  to  me  in  all 
respects.  I  devote  my  attention  exclusively  to  law  and  work 
early  and  late,  for  which  I  feel  that  I  am  well  repaid.  I  did  a 
very  little  political  work  in  the  last  State  election,  by  making 
American  citizens  of  a  few  foreigners  of  good  republican  princi¬ 
ple  to  count  one  against  Gen.  Butler. 

“  Since  I  became  a  member  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable 
Artillery  Co.  of  Boston  I  have  been  elected  Captain  of  the  6th 
(Color)  Company  of  that  corps.  Have  also  joined  the  Boston 
Light  Infantry  Veteran  Corps,  with  rank  of  Lieutenant,  and  last 


CLASS  OF  SB  VENTY-EIGHT. 


23 


March  I  was  made  a  member  of  the  Webster  Historical  Society 
and  had  the  pleasure  of  pressing  Prex  Bartlett’s  flesh  at  one  of 
its  meetings  and  in  the  warmth  of  that  pressure  it  surprised  me 
how  suddenly  my  old  affection  for  him  in  the  days  of  ’78  came 
back  again. 

“On  Nov.  27th  at  the  celebration  of  the  Evacuation  of  New 
York,  I  took  part  in  that  parade  as  one  of  the  staff  of  Maj  Geo. 
Merrill,  commander  of  the  Ancients,  who  with  his  staff  made  up 
the  honorary  staff  of  Gen.  McLean  of  the  Old  Guard  of  New 
York.  The  occasion  was  very  enjoyable  and  one  long  to  be  re¬ 
membered.  I  am  not  married  as  yet,  but  may  possibly  be  early 
next  summer.  Remember  me  to  the  boys  in  ’78,  especially  to 
the  Commissioners  and  the  members  of  Tinkham’s  Hotel.”  Ad¬ 
dress,  Rogers  Building,  Room  30,  209  Washington  St.,  Boston, 
Mass. 

Kingman  writes  under  date  of  Jan.  5,  1884 — “I  left  Chey¬ 
enne  last  June,  sold  my  ranch  and  stock,  and  removed  to  Cedar 
Falls,  Iowa,  where  I  am  now  engaged  in  feeding  cattle  and  hogs, 
(corn-feeding,  you  will  understand — for  market).  The  success 
financially,  so  far,  is  quite  gratifying,  and  I  find  Cedar  Falls  a 
very  pleasant  place  to  live  in.  Should  be  pleased  to  hear  from 
any  of  the  boys,  and  more  pleased  to  have  a  call  from  any  of 
them.” 

Smith,  Webster  D,  writes  from  Coalburg,  Kanawha  Co., 
W.  Va.,  under  date  of  Jan.  2,  1884,  that  after  his  marriage  in  the 
fall  of  ’82,  he  held  the  position  of  Superintendent  of  the  Paint 
Creek  Railroad  Co.,  the  Paint  Creek  Mining  Co.,  and  the  Wa- 
comah  Mining  Co.,  with  offices  at  Paint  Creek,  Kanawha  Co., 
W.  Va.  They  were  doing  a  good  business,  but  in  the  summer, — 
“  black  diamonds  were  cheaper  than  paste  ones,  and  in  accord¬ 
ance  with  custom  I  recommended  a  suspension  of  work  until 
the  winter  trade  set  in.  I  was  greatly  surprised  to  find — not  how 
quickly  they  acted  upon  it — but  that  they  included  my  own  sala. 
ry  in  the  general  suspension.  Just  previous  to  the  time  of  renew¬ 
ing  work,  the  President  was  killed,  and  before  any  action  was 
taken  on  that  the  Vice  President  died  very  suddenly,  and  the 
companies  are  now  just  getting  re-organized;  but  owing  to  a  dif¬ 
ference  in  our  ideas  of  salary  I  shall  not  renew  my  position  with 


24 


SECRETARY'S  REPORT 


them.  So  much  for  the  past.  For  the  future — well,  the  future 
alone  can  show ;  but  if  any  of  old  ’78  should  visit  this  part  of 
the  world,  within  the  next  few  months,  they  will,  unless  some¬ 
thing  unforseen  happens,  find  me  in  the  Kanawha  Valley  and 
embarked  in  a  little  enterprise  of  my  own. 

“  Politically,  I  still  cling  to  the  ‘  Grand  Old  Party,’  and  while 
not  an  office  seeker,  hold  the  position  of  Secretary  for  an  im¬ 
mense  (in  name)  League,  [’The  Elinipsico  League  of  West  Vir¬ 
ginia  ’]  devoted  to  fellowship  among  members,  to  the  aforesaid 
‘Grand  Old  Party,’  A-Pure-Administration-of-National-and-State- 
politics-Civil-Service-Reform-out-with-frauds-and-the-old-flag-and- 
an  appropriation — and  our  jockeys  and  groom’s  are  now  prepar¬ 
ing  to  show  the  paces  of  a  ‘  Black  Horse  ’  at  Chicago,  and  get 
him  tacked  on  to  the  ‘tail  of  the  ticket.’  I  am  sorry  it  is  pro¬ 
posed  to  discontinue  the  class  reports,  and  if  it  was  left  to  vote 
would  favor,  if  they  cannot  be  issued  every  year,  to  have  them 
annually.  With  regards  to  all  old  classmates.” 

“  P.  S.  Had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  with  an  old  chum, 
Amasa  Paul  and  his  charming  wife,  in  Washington  this  summer, 
and  also  spent  several  days  with  Prof.  Hitchcock  and  his  party 
of  Chandler  Boys,  at  the  meeting  of  the  American  Institute  of 
Mining  Engineers,  in  South  West  Virginia.” 

Smith,  Huntington,  still  presides  over  the  literary  columns 
of  the  Boston  Traveller  with  no  immediate  prospect  of  change. 
He  is  also  assistant  editor  of  the  Literary  Worlds  to  which  peri¬ 
odical  he  has  contributed  largely  during  the  year.  He  is  the 
Boston  correspondent  of  the  American  Bookseller.  During  the 
year  he  has  contributed  to  the  Century  Magazine.  His  transla¬ 
tions  of  Ribot’s  Diseases  of  Memory^  an  essay  in  the  positive  Psy¬ 
chology^  published  by  Messrs.  D.  Appleton  &  Co.  of  New  York, 
in  May,  1882,  has  met  with  a  kind  reception  and  has  gone 
through  a  second  edition  in  London.  From  these,  and  kindred 
sources,  he  is  enabled  to  extract  a  fair  living,  and  while  he  is  by 
no  means  on  the  road  to  wealth  he  is  passably  content.  He  was 
offered  in  June  last  the  position  of  instructor  in  German  at  Dart¬ 
mouth  College,  but  declined,  partly  because  the  idea  of  teaching 
was  distasteful,  and  partly  because  he  feared  that  the  theological 
atmosphere  of  Hanover  might  not  wholly  conduce  to  his  spiritual 


CLASS  OF  SEVENTY-EIGHT. 


25 


welfare!  Address  at  the  Traveller  Editorial  Rooms,  31  State 
St.,  Boston,  Mass. 


George  Frederic  Wingate. 

The  various  members  of  the  class  have  already  been  appris¬ 
ed  of  the  death  of  George  Frederic  Wingate,  who  passed  away 
at  his  home  at  Stratham,  N.  H.,  June  23,  1883  at  the  age  of 
twenty-three  years,  eleven  months  and  twenty-three  days. 

Of  the  character  of  our  departed  classmate  we  can  speak 
only  in  terms  of  affection  and  respect.  In  his  brief  life  he  lived 
much,  and  his  personal  gifts,  his  rare  intellectual  powers,  his 
sturdy  honesty  of  purpose,  his  kindliness  of  heart  wilLbe  always 
themes  of  grateful  remembrance  to  those  who  knew  him.  The 
story  of  his  earthly  career  is  a  record  of  eager  endeavor,  of  high 
hopes,  of  brilliant  success,  and,  alas,  of  bitter  suffering  and,  judg¬ 
ed  by  the  slight  measure  of  human  wisdom,  an  untimely  end. 
But  such  lives  find  even  here  true  immortality.  They  live  as  a 
perpetual  inspiration  and  benediction  among  our  holiest  memo¬ 
ries. 

Wingate  was  born  at  Stratham,  N.  H.,  July  i,  1859.  He 
attended  the  district  school  but  little,  and  was  graduated  from 
Exeter  High  School  in  June,  1874.  In  the  following  autumn  he 
entered  the  class  of  ’78,  c.  s.  d.,  of  Dartmouth,  and  at  once  took 
a  high  position  as  a  student  which  fie  maintained  in  spite  of  far 
from  robust  health  to  the  end  of  the  course.  After  graduation 
he  taught  at  Deerfield  Parade  and  Deerfield  Center.  In  1880  he 
taught  in  a  private  high  school  at  Raymond,  N.  H.,  and  was  for 
one  term  principal  of  the  Graded  Schools  at  South  Newmarket. 
In  September,  1880  he  began  teaching  in  the  public  schools  of 
Washington,  I^.  C.,  and  on  Novembei  8  of  the  same  year  was 
appointed  to  the  position  of  Third  Assistant  Examiner  in  the 
United  States  Patent  Office,  he  having  taken  a  competitive  ex¬ 
amination  in  the  previous  July.  In  October,  1881,  he  was  pro¬ 
moted  to  the  rank  of  Second  Assistant  Examiner,  standing  first 
in  a  competitive  examination  held  the  preceding  August.  But 
his  health,  which  had  been  gradually  failing,  now  gave  way.  In 
April,  1882,  he  resigned,  and  spent  six  weeks  at  Atlantic,  N.  J. 


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He  then  returned  to  his  home  where  he  remained  during  the  rest 
of  his  life.  Of  the  last  days,  his  sister  writes  : — 

“  After  April  he  did  not  speak  above  a  whisper.  Every' 
pleasant  day  he  went  for  a  drive,  going  for  the  last  time  on  Sat¬ 
urday,  just  a  week  before  he  died.  He  endured  his  severe  suf¬ 
ferings  without  complaint,  and  was  always  planning  to  aid  his 
friends.  He  would  not  let  others  do  for  him  what  he  could  pos¬ 
sibly  do  himself  j  he  was  dressed  every  day  and  went  to  the  table 
for  every  meal  until  the  last  morning. 

“  He  was  willing  to  go.  He  said.  ‘  I  would  like  to  live  if  it 
was  God’s  will  ’ ;  ‘  God  could  not  do  wrong  ’  ;  and  ‘  I  have  had  a 
pleasant  life.’  When  dying  he  said  ‘All  is  beautiful — Jesus  has 
come  to  take  me  to  be  with  him  forever.’  ” 

His  funeral  was  attended  by  many  sorrowing  friends. 


Dodd  writes  : — “  I  am  not  married  yet,  but  next  year  being 
‘  leap  year '  I  expect  to  receive  a  great  many  offers.  I  am  with 
the  Whittier  Machine  Co.  and  like  very  well.”  Address,  3  Pem¬ 
berton  Square,  Room  ii,  Boston,  Mass. 

Gerrish,  in  a  brief  report,  dated  Boscawen,  N.  H.,  Dec.  10’ 
1883,  says  : — “  I  am  in  the  same  condition  I  was  at  the  last  re' 
port ;  have  settled  here  farming  for  a  living;  like  it  quite  well,  as 
1  am  not  smart  enough  to  get  a  living  any  other  way.” 

Hayt  dates  his  epistle  from  Santa  Fe,  N.  M.,  Dec.  18, 
1883: — “Dear  classmate:  You  can  count  me  in  on  printing  of 
class  reports,  and  if  you  are  short  I  will  help  make  up  the  bal¬ 
ance.  Very  little  change  since  last  report.  Have  finished  new 
residence,  one  of  the  finest  in  New  Mexico.  Have  not  lost  any 
money  during  the  past  year.  Am  Adjutant  General  of  New 
Mexico  ;  have  no  political  aspirations  until  New  Mexico  is  a  state? 
when  I  am  going  to  be  a  senator  or  bust. 

“  Yours, 

“  Walter  V.  Hayt, 

“  Colonel  and  Adj.  General, 

“  New  Mexico.”  ■ 


CLASS  OF  SEVENTY-EIGHT, 


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'  Hatch  : — “  In  making  nay  report  I  can  add  nothing  (in  the 
line  of  children)  to  my  report  of  last  year.  I  have  a  very  good 
business  ;  have  two  pretty  children  and  a  wife  to  my  liking  ;  have 
purchased  the  place  that  I  rented  when  I  came  here  four  years' 
ago  ;  and  shall  remain  here  for  a  long  time  probably.”  Address, 
Wilton,  N.  H. 

Paul  says  : — “  I  hope  that  you  will  be  able  to  bring  out  an¬ 
other  report,  and  would  be  in  favor  of  continuing  it.  Should 
be  very  willing  to  pay  my  share  of  the  expense.  For  my  own 
report,  I  am  still  in  the  Patent  Office.  On  the  first  of  Sept.  I 
was  promoted  to  the  grade  of  First  Asst.  Examiner,  salary  $1800. 
During  the  month  of  Oct.  I  was  acting  Examiner,  in  charge  of  a 
Divison.  Before  another  year  I  hope  and  expect  that  my  shin¬ 
gle  will  be  out  with  ‘  Atty-at-Law  and  Solicitor  of  Patents.’  I 
shall  probably  locate  in  Minneapolis.  I  have  been  married 
nearly  three  years  but  have  no  children.  Our  friend  Webster  D. 
Smith  called  on  me  in  the  summer.  His  address  is  Paint  Creek, 
Kanawha  Co.,  West  Virginia.” 

Whittelsey  writes  : — “  1  am  mighty  glad  you  have  under¬ 
taken  to  keep  up  the  report.  I  enclose  draft  for  $1.00  and 
should  that  not  be  my  share,  please  call  again.  My  story  about 
myself  is  very  short,  as  there  has  been  no  change  in  occupation 
or  state  of  life.  Am  still  Teller  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Leadville,  and  unmarried  and  that  tells  the  whole  story.” 

It  will  be  seen  that  those  of  the  class  who  have  reported 
this  year  have  responded  nobly,  and  the  Secretary  has  given 
their  letters  substantially  in  full.  He  is  gratified  to  find  that  a 
majority  of  the  class  are  in  favor  of  continuing  the  report,  and 
as  long  as  they  are  willing  to  sustain  the  enterprise  he  will  co¬ 
operate  with  them  to  the  best  of  his  ability. 

The  following  contributions  are  acknowledge  :  Fowler  .50  ; 
Freley,  .30  ;  Gerrish,  .30;  Cloud,  $1.00;  Whittelsey,  $1.00 ;  Paul, 
.30 ;  Brown,  .50  ;  W.  D.  Smith,  .30. 

With  congratulations  and  best  wishes,  the  foregoing  is  re¬ 
spectfully  submitted  by 

Your  Secretary, 

HUNTINGTON  SMITH. 


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